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A girl who I text from the nursing home unrelated to the situation gave me the heads up that my dad was isolated with an ESBL UTI. This would make sense. She said they would call me and update me.



Several hours passed and no one called so I called his nurse and she said yes, that he was isolated but not because of ESBL but because he has a UTI and one of his roommates is bedridden and one of his roommates uses the toilet so he needed to be isolated from them for 7-10 days and then he will be tested again and come right back.



I should have asked more questions at the time but it took me a minute to process my confusion. I usually get flustered in the phone. Does the reasoning make any sense to anyone? Which roommate might be the issue? I thought UTI's weren't contagious.



My father has a permanent catheter and is incontinent of the bowel so he gets UTI's frequently. This isolation is a first but it is a first that he has been in this room on this floor.



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I did a quick check (put ESBL in the search at the top of the screen), because it surprised me too. It said that ESBL is a particularly nasty variant of the bug for a UTI, so they may be being super-careful. Perhaps you might search and read a bit more.
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This sounds like it can be nasty.
One of the things I read it can be spread by ANY bodily fluid that includes phlegm and equipment that may have become contaminated. So if anyone emptying a cath bag or helping clean him after toileting could possibly contaminate anything that happens to be in the room.
I think they are wise to be cautious.
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Yeah. I read up on ESBL. I'm just confused because the second person told me he didn't have it. But now a third person confirms he does. So yes, it appears it is very contagious.
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MargaretMcKen Jul 2022
ESBL is just the type of UTI, so the second person probably knew it was a UTI, but didn't know the details.
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If your Dad suffers from multiple UTIs, it could be the catheter. I worked with Visiting Nurses. One of our clients was incontinent and a large woman. She had been dropped when trying to toilet her and she broke her wrist. The aides who cared for wanted a catheter and the doctor ordered it. My boss called him and said she would insert it but its in her records every time she is catherized she gets UTIs. The doctor rescinded his order.
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